Skyfall Filming

A Sneak Peek Into The New Bond Flick

The action isn't just limited to London, though. Filming has been going on up in the Scottish Highlands, rumoured to be the location for the movie's dramatic climax.

Judging by Twitter, any person in Central London who hasn’t yet stumbled onto the Skyfall sets should consider himself unlucky. The Twitterati — bagging iPhone snaps at Charing Cross, Tower Hill and The Mall — would be forgiven if they thought Skyfall consisted entirely of Dame Judi Dench looking grumpy in a car. But these scenes most likely link vital sequences as MI6 comes under a series of attacks from Javier Bardem’s terrorist — including the aftermath of an explosion at 00 HQ, a chase as 007 ferries M to safety, and on their way to a funeral.

That last sequence, featuring flag-draped coffins of felled MI6, has already been shot at the Old Naval College. The action isn’t just limited to London, though. Filming has been going on up in the Scottish Highlands, rumoured to be the location for the movie’s dramatic climax, while a spectacular façade of a grand old house —likely to undergo an explosion-fuelled bit of interior decoration —has gone up in leafy Surrey. Meanwhile, Land Rovers are said to be on transit to Turkey, possibly the location for the spectacular stunt sequence that Bond girl Naomie Harris teased us with at the BAFTAs.

Of course, most of the action has been at Pinewood’s 007 stage, far from prying smartphone lenses — hey, if you’ve got a building named after you, you might as well use it. Leaks have suggested that a vast city set has been built — perhaps Shanghai — while Daniel Craig’s been taking a dip in Pinewood’s huge water tank. This scene isn’t likely to result in Bond in his Casino Royale banana hammock, though (sorry, ladies), and will instead be part of yet another action sequence.